Because the empirical literature on the causes of corruption has focused primarily on the demand side of corruption, that is, the corrupt officials who receive bribe payments, the role of the private sector as the supply side of corruption has not been examined thoroughly in this literature. In this article, it is argued that corporate governance is among the important factors determining the l...

This research paper reviews the topic of corruption, in a comparative approach public and private sector Romania, considering wider background European Union. Based on findings survey performed by authors, we advance strategies recommendations for both business management, order to align their views with premises ethical administration.

http://www.aic.gov.au Corruption, defined here as the exploitation of public office for personal gain, is a universal phenomenon. The practice, in one manifestation or another, is as old as government itself. Today, it thrives in the world’s wealthiest nations, and in its poorest. It exists on every continent, across people of all nationalities and religions. Corruption can take many forms, inc...

the public sector is an influential partner of the market economy in many developing countries. in the absence of government’s intervention, economic functioning of these countries could turn into constant disequilibrium without any hope of growth and economic prosperity. on the other hand unlimited government intervention could harm the economic growth by unnatural expansion of public sector a...

Corruption is one of the big challenges to society in the 21 century. There are several reasons that give rise to this claim. First, as explained above, this is a transnational governance challenge that is very diffi cult for any government to tackle ( Rasche, 2012, p. 679; Scherer & Palazzo, 2008, p. 423). Second, corruption is a phenomenon that is diffi cult to grasp as it occurs in so many d...

The call of the editorial of the International Journal of Health Policy and Management regarding the “Need to talk about corruption in health systems” is spot on. However, the perceived difficulties of why this is so should be explored from an actor’s perspective, as they differ for government actors, donors and the research community. In particular, false dilemmas around definition pr...

Corruption is a limp in the walk of human progress. It is not a new phenomenon; it is as old as the history of mankind itself. The corruption made itself visible when the institution of the government was established. According to Glynn, et al. (1997), “.....no region, and hardly any country, has been immune from corruption”. Like a cancer, it strikes almost all parts of the society and destroy...

Corruption has become an issue of major political and economic relevance in recent years. This has led to a resurgence of interest in analyzing the phenomenon and the diverse forms that it assumes in developing politics with an expectation that democratization and economic liberation offer potential routes to dealing with the problem. Anti-corruption strategies range from institutional reforms ...

corruption defined as abuse of power by governmental officials for personal goals.in recent years, many articles about determinants of corruption have been written that introduced so many variables as determinants of corruption. these factors can be divided into two categories: economic and non-economic factors.in these article we examine the effect of economic activities combination on corrupt...

We study non-collusive corruption in the education sector. For this purpose, we construct a simple theoretical model that captures non-collusive corruption between service providers (teachers) and service demanders (students). The model shows that the bribe paid by the service demander increases with the level of red tape and her income level, but it decrease with the improvement of the individ...